A Court Just Struck An Important Blow Against Gig Economy Exploitation
The fight against the precariousness of app-based work is far from over. But the recent legal decision in California is an important advance in that battle.
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Do The Federal Parties Have Real Plans to Address Canada’s Illicit Drug Poisoning Crisis?
“We need solutions that aren't like 10 years off of treatment, or attempts to go to recovery beds. We need solutions that will save somebody's life this afternoon.”
Labour Experts Pour Cold Water On Erin O’Toole’s Plan To Include Workers On Corporate Boards
“The proposed Conservative policy is a rather toothless gesture ... requiring one lone worker representative on large corporate boards, and only applying to a relatively small number of federally regulated companies."
NDP Candidate Avi Lewis Discusses Climate Justice, Class Struggle And Why He Is Running For Office
"We're living in an emergency. People know it. The question now is whether humans, all of us, and governments, all of them, are going to start acting like it's actually an emergency and start drastically cutting emissions with real regulations."
Can Systemic Racism Inside Canadian Police Forces Be Fixed?
“If the hiring practices are still inherently racist, then hiring people of a different background doesn’t do anything. You have people from a diverse background within this racist culture still, and nothing has changed.”
Can Systemic Racism In Policing Be Fixed?
“If the hiring practices are still inherently racist, then hiring people of a different background doesn’t do anything."
Does The NDP's Housing Plan Go Far Enough?
We asked NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh what truly "affordable" housing means, and whether 500,000 affordable housing units is enough to address the current shortfall.
The Globe & Mail Used My Work Uncredited. They’re Not Sorry
A Globe columnist’s viral article on pickup trucks had immense similarities with one at Passage, but didn’t mention it existed.
Election Candidates Condemn Police Violence At Fairy Creek As NDP, Liberals Come Under Fire From Green MP
“Tactics like that just aren't welcome in a democratic society. We need the provincial government to intervene, and the federal government to intervene.”